Examples of smiley in a Sentence
Adjective
She's a very smiley kid.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
But the girls have all been smiley and friendly.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Kayla Grant, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In China, for instance, the lack of expression around the eyes of many common smileys, such as 🙂, gives them a dismissive or mocking air, whereas the more expressive eyes of 😁 and 😄 are less ambiguous.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
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Adjective
The brazen goofiness is applied to the movie’s howl of terror like smiley-face stickers on a gravestone.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
But the girls have all been smiley and friendly.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
The picture was a cozy, smiley selfie featuring the trio, and appeared to have been snapped in cooler weather.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In China, for instance, the lack of expression around the eyes of many common smileys, such as 🙂, gives them a dismissive or mocking air, whereas the more expressive eyes of 😁 and 😄 are less ambiguous.
—Longreads, 1 July 2025
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“Smiley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smiley. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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